Yes, students' rights to free speech and expression should be limited in schools. "Neither interest is trivial. Words and symbols are at the core of American society, and free speech, many believe, separates the United States from oppressive countries. Public schools are society in miniature, with students and school employees representing the full range of beliefs." And furthermore "it is important to remember that speech, as defined by the Constitution, is not just words. It also includes nonverbal and symbolic expression: clothes, off-campus web sites, dance performances, and art. In today’s climate, questions about freedom of speech are amplified. The nation is polarized by matters of war and peace, and in-your-face moral issues provoke
The School District claimed the MySpace profile was disrupting school because the students were talking about the profile instead of learning.
In school, there is bullying and cyberbullying happening all the time. The problem with bullying and cyberbullying are that it can make schools a bad learning environment for the students and the teachers. I believe that many schools should limit online speech, for the sake of learning purposes. Three main reasons that schools should limit free online speech are that many people get hurt by cyberbullying, it disrupts school activities, and bullying can make a good environment a bad learning environment.
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution authorized citizens with the freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly. This amendment also goes to the college students. However, colleges limited the students constitutional rights by enforcing the “free speech zones”. Colleges are places where it enable students to encounter new and challenging ideas through open debates, but free speech zones limited this. You can only express your ideas in the free speech zones, nowhere else. This can be related to burning the flag (an action that intended to make a political point against a country or its policies), if you can’t express your ideas anywhere you wants, doesn’t it also indicates a person can’t randomly choose a place to burn the flag, it have to be in a specific area. Both theses is a way to express your rights as a citizens of U.S. Therefore, colleges shouldn’t restrict the political speech of students to free speech zones.
Freedom of speech is one of our rights listed in the first amendment, but there should be a limit on what we can and cannot say. Because of the internet, there's a better chance of people getting bullied. People can hide behind a computer screen and say what the want to others without the person knowing who they are. Schools should care about this because this can put students in harm's way. I feel that school should be able to put a limit on students online speech. Three main reasons why there should be a limit on students online speech is boys and girls get bullied everyday over the internet, it causes disturbances in school, and it puts more stress of the schools because they have to deal with it according to law.
I’m certain that some schools have very fair parameters regarding free speech. That being said, I’m just as certain that unreasonable administrators go too far in various situations. In a broad sense, I think free speech in schools goes just far enough. Controversy over how students can use symbolic speech stems from ignorance of the learning environment. Many of my peers argue that the dress code in school is a violation of free speech. I approach it through simple necessities. Are controversial clothes a necessity for a school to function? A reasonable person would say no. Having said that, is an environment where students efficiently learn a necessity for a school to function? I believe yes and I’d be hard pressed to find someone who disagrees. The purpose of school is to function as an establishment of learning. If something were to impede on the learning process, it is only reasonable that it be removed. My opinion on this issue has been strongly influenced by a personal experience with symbolic speech in schools. My sophomore year, I was on an intramural basketball team that was intended to reference the Wichita State Basketball team. Our team name was the Shockers and right before our first game, we were told that the name would be censored due to an offensive slang connotation of the word Shocker. I was frustrated, and decided the only way I could make an difference was to go
That makes no sense cause clearly we all have freedom of speech as a free country in the United State. No, schools should not limit students online speech because freedom of speech is a sacred rights. Students problem w/ cyberbullying have been exaggerated. Restricting students’ speech is an overreaction and violation of the Constitution(DocF).
Public high school students have the First Amendment right of free expression and the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches while they’re at school. These protections extend a student’s social media and to the digital contents of their cell phones. At the same time, public high schools have special characteristics associated with their duty to educate students and provide a safe and orderly place conducive to learning and so students accept greater restrictions of their constitutional rights while in school. At issue with respect to Rocktown High School’s 2016 AP History class is whether the school’s “search” of history student’s social media “friends,” obtained under threat of suspension, was reasonable, whether the
Everyone in America should be guaranteed the freedom of speech granted by The Constitution. In 1988, the court ruled in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier that schools \could limit freedom of speech in school if they had “educational concerns” (Jacobs). The problem is that “educational concerns” is too vague and school districts are able to use this as a loophole to get away with removing articles that do not need to be removed. Often, the concern is based on perception and image more than anything else. Angela Riley’s article “20 years later: Teachers reflect on Supreme Court’s Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ruling” quotes Frank LoMonte, executive director of
In Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment applied to public schools and that administrators had to provide constitutionally valid reasons for any specific regulation of speech in the classroom. However, in the 1986 case Bethel v. Fraser, it was ruled that educators were not violating students’ First Amendment right by censoring the content of their speech or writing. So are we, as students, protected by the First Amendment or not? Should we be able to write about a controversial topic as freely as any adult?
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion regarding free speech on college campuses. Our first amendment gives us the right of Free Speech but many groups retain the ability to censor it within their own organisation, such as in the workplace and in both public and private lower education. I believe that the ability should be extended to colleges and universities (both public and private). Students should have the right to be at school while feeling physically safe. An example of this right being violated because of someone else’s “free speech” was last spring at American University in which bananas were strung up on nooses around campus with AKA (a historically-black sorority) labeled on them the day after AU’s first black female student
College is a time when most individuals are experiencing major changes and begin to explore new perspectives. The transition in becoming more independent, creating new insights and peer influence are key factors in changing the perspective of an individual. Students are faced with new ideas from their professors, family and fellow peers. Through that acquired knowledge many students decide that they either agree or disagree with the perspectives that they are taught. Allowing the right of ‘Free Speech’ on public college campuses has become an important issue that many public colleges are starting to address. In college students are capable of
Student's rights about free speech and expression shouldn't be limited outside of school.It also shouldn't be limited on social media either just because that's whats on their mind.It should only limit when your're inside of school just so it can keep the peaceful environment.From the center of Public Education "student's should be required to be in a peaceful environment so it can thrive" so if we limit the freedom of speech during school is taking place then the peaceful environment should stay.This should also limit negative clothing or expressions during school but when they're outside of school these actions can take place.
Schools should limit the right the freedom of speech to a point. The schools should not be allowed to take away all the right of freedom of speech. People can say what they want in the world but for public schools the right should be limited. They should limit the right to saying that you can say what you want unless its a word of profanity or harmful to another person.
Just because a person is going to school does not mean that they are not entitled to their basic human rights. When Jason was tasked to write a speech for his high school graduation, he decides to mention Jesus Christ in it. The school, probably fearing a lawsuit, censors him and prevents him from mentioning religion in his speech. The school was so afraid of being accused of not separating church and state that they took away Jason’s basic rights of free speech and the free exercise of religion. The dilemma that the school faces is if it has to allow Jason to practice freedom of religion and speech, and if they will be held accountable for what he may say in his speech. Yet, Overall, the Fourteenth Amendment, and several court cases lay out
There should be limits on freedom of speech due to the array of dangerous ways it can be used. A few years back at Taft Union High School in California there was a school shooting. The shooter happened to be a student of that school, he planned the shooting the night before. He came to school late went straight to his class and pointed his shotgun at two students who people believed had bullied him both verbally and physically. Having limitations on this sort of speech